So sorry for your loss Karen!

Very sorry for your loss Karen. The space you have created in your garden radiates love and the roses you chose will look pure, and delight the senses with their great scent.

Dianela

Karen- I’m very sorry for your loss. Planting a rose, plant or garden commemorates fond memories and is ‘believing in tomorrow‘

Karen, the other day you wrote such an uplifting and motivational comment for another GW member who is currently facing life difficulties that I actually bookmarked it as a reminder if I ever face the similar situation (we all do). I had no idea that you had the strength to write it in this terrible time of your own personal loss. My heartfelt condolences. Your approach to your garden as a healing place and to gardening as a healing process is touching and inspirational. There is the tranquility in your beautiful place that I am sure your beloved kitties and your mom feel both from near in this lovely garden and from afar in heaven.

Thank you for sharing this lovely sentiment. In grief, we take peace and joy and comfort wherever we can find it. If we’re lucky, it’s right outside.

Sorry for your loss Karen. The angel and PjpII is a lovely memorial for your mom.

I started gardening after my husband left me and my baby. It was healing to transform an overgrown weedy plot in a city on fire with riots into a rose garden that is now an urban oasis for wild life and butterflies. I still seek refuge there as I have been in non stop litigation with my ex for almost 4 years. I am still mourning the loss of normalcy in my life, and I dont know when the conflict will end. but God is my hope and at least my son loves gardening with me now.

It is very beautiful, and healing to the soul. This weekend I will plant a tree in my yard in memory of a friend who recently passed. He loved trees and it will be a reminder to me.

I do agree that a garden is a great place to heal. It's also a great stress relief for me. I have told my friends that if you come by and see everything weeded, edged, cut, and deadheaded all at the same time, I'm probably going through a rough patch.

That was a very good idea to get the statue and a rose as a memorial to your mother. My condolences for your loss, Karen.

Karen, I’m so very sorry to hear to hear this sad news. It’s good to have an activity that can bring you peace at this time.

So sorry to hear of the loss of your mom, Karen. Creating a special place in your garden to honor & reflect on your mom is a wonderful idea.

Sorry to hear about your mom. I lost my grandmother who raised me for part of my young life, last winter. Plants are good listeners. She always had a rose garden and she was 100 yrs old when she passed and still had her gardens. I learned so much from her about gardening and about life. I made a red and purple rose garden bed in her memory.

I like your statues. I put some bird statues in my garden area because my grandma (like me) loved birds. She also loved cats and like you, we have a lot of stray kitties here. They seem drawn to my rose garden areas to lounge in the sun or chase butterflies.

I'm very sorry for your loss. So hard... I love what you've done. It's beautiful. Really nice thoughts from everyone else, too.

Something I do is name some of my roses after people I care about. Kinda fun.

Sending love xxxxx